Travis (1998)

Seven-year-old Travis has AIDS. Filmmaker Richard Kotuk invites us to witness Travis’s struggle. With his intense yearning for life and understanding of death, Travis describes the disease as a “monster inside of me: I’m gonna fight it. I will fight.” Supported by his grandmother and his community of cousins, Travis fights AIDS for an opportunity to be a boy with normal childhood dreams. An unsentimental portrait, Travis questions our own understanding of death and passion for life.

Released Dec. 1, 1998 56 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: imdb.boy, imdb.feeding-tube, imdb.playground, imdb.hospital, imdb.doctor, imdb.african-american, imdb.crying + 11 more, imdb.grandmother-grandson-relationship, imdb.south-bronx-new-york-city, imdb.7-year-old, imdb.little-boy, imdb.interview, imdb.sick-child, imdb.aids, imdb.child-with-aids, imdb.year-1995, imdb.azt, imdb.illness